Excel
Excel
spreadshe
et skills
MS Excel
Worksheets
Excel’s main screen
is called a
“worksheet”.
Each worksheet is
comprised of many
boxes, called
“cells”.
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Types of operations
You can use any of the following operations in a
formula:
operation symbol example
addition: + =a1+3
subtraction: - =100-b3
multiplication: * =a1*b1
division: / =d1/100
exponentiation ^ =a2^2
negation - =-a2+3
(same symbol as subraction)
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What is a function?
A function is a "named operation"
Functions have
a name
parentheses
parameters/arguments inside the parentheses
• Many parameters for one function separated with commas
(,)